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@uitrit graine getraut @Hita AUGUST WRAVElL OF ROSNYVO, HUNGARY. Laim Panam. 61,852, @zaad February 5, 1867.

IMPRGVEMENT IN CORN-HARVESTERS.

TO ALL WHOM IT-MAY CONCERN.:

Be it known that I, AUGUST MQRAVK, of Rosnyo, in the county of Gmr, Hungary, have invented a new and improved Corn-Harvester; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to ineke and use the same, reference being had to the "accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side sectional view of my invention, taken in the line :a x, iig. 2. Figure 2 is a plan or top view of the same. Similar letters of reference indicate like parts. This invention relates to a new and improved machine for harvesting maize or Indian corn; and it consists in a cutting device, endless elevating apron, and a discharging platform, all arranged and applied to a wagon, to operate in the manner substantially as hereinafter fully shown and described.

A represents the front and B the `hind wheels of a wagon, the front and rear axles being'connectedV by a'` reach `or perch, C. Tho body of the wagon is composed of two parts, D D,`the front part, D, being con-4 nected with the front axle, and the rear part, D', connected with the rear axle and perch or reach. The right-hand side of the rear part D of the wagon body gradually curves inward from its front to its rear end, so that the rear end is much narrower than the front end, as shown clearly in iig. 2. Thebottom a ofthe righthand side of the front part D of the wagon body has an oblique position, and a knife or cutter, E, attached,

the knife lor cutter having an oblique position corresponding to the body a, to which it is attached, as shown in i fig. 2, the knife orl cutter receding or extending backward from its inner to its outer end, so that the end of the knife or cutternearest the right-hand wheel A will be considerably in advance of the opposite endt This por- -tion of the front part D of tl1e wagon'body, to which the knife or cutter E is attached, is4 at theright-hand side of the right frontwheel A, and to the outer end of the hub of said wheel there is attached a toothed wheel, `F,

which gears into a pinion, b, onda shaft, c, underneath the-bottom a, said shaftjc having a bevel-wheel, d, on

its outer end, which gears 'into' a corresponding wheel, 'e, on the axis of which there are two cutters," f f, which work underneath the stationary or fixed knife or cutter E, a rotary motion being given to the cutters f f by means of the gearing described. G represents an endless elevatingapron, provided with teeth, g, and working around a pulley, h, at the rear end of the front partD of the wagon body, and around the pulley on a shaft, z", the bearings of which are in the upper ends lof`uprights, j, at the rear part of Daand in line with the right wheel A. This elevating apron is driven by gears c, motion to which is communicated by a band, ,fnom'th'e hub `of the right-hand wheel A. His an upright rod attached to the rear of the partD, and extending up above the elevated part of the apron, the upper part of said rod being curved. The portion I of` the bottom of the rear part of the body D" is movable, said portion I being in line with the portion'I of therbottom of the front part D of the body which is between the front wheels A A. This movable portion Iis connected by a rod, J, with a lever, K, secured to I', and by actuating the lever K the portionI may be moved forward and backward, and when moved backward to its fullest extent it -will tilt kor dump, as shownin red outline in iig. 1, and discharge its load. As the machine is drawn along, the standing corn-stalks are severed by the stationary knife or cutter E and the rotary cutters ff, the Obliquity of theknifeor cutter E insuring an easy cut. The cut l stalks fall back within the body of the wagon, the top or tassel ends being thrown towards the movable portion yI Aof the bottom of the wagon by the curved right-hand side of the rear part D'lof the body. The endless elevator G carries the buts of the stalks over the right-hand front wheel A, and the cut stalks are deposited upon the movable portion I ofthe bottom of the wagon body. An attendant on a' seat, L, by means of a fork prevents theentangleinent" of the stalks, and the rod 'H serves as a guide to the stalks as 'they pass o' from the upper part of the elevating apron, and detaches the stalks from the teeth of the apron. When a requisite quantity off-stalks has been deposited upon the mvable part I of the bottom of the wagon body, the driver on seat M actuates the lever K and throws back I, sothat it will .tilt or dump and discharge its load. The movable portionI of the bottom of the wagonbody is provided withV teeth, ax, to insure the movement of the stalks with I. Having thus described -my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

I claim the movable portion I of the bottom of the wagon body, in combination with the endless elevating apron G, stationary cutter E, and'rotary cutters ff, all arranged to operate substantially as shown and described.'

The above specification of my invention'signed by me this 3d day of March, 1866.

AUGUST MORAVEK.

Witnesses:

- Dr. TnnMKo MT,

Dr. MADARASE RUDOLF. 

